Smart Silhouette

  • Home
  • About
  • Tutorials List
  • Contact

Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line

October 7, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

line tools in silhouette studio

Buying designs from the Silhouette Design Store is great, but there are also plenty of tools in Silhouette Studio to help you create your own designs. Today, I'm starting a new series on using the Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio to get you going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: create, draw, line, preferences

How to assemble a Silhouette pen holder

October 30, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pen holder

The first time I looked at the Silhouette brand pen holder, I was completely confused. There are 5 different pieces in the package, and the instructions made no sense to me. I had to have someone else show me. So I'm going to return the favor and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools and Accessories Tagged With: draw, pen, pen holder, Sketch, Text, tools, words

Successful Beginner Projects: #5 Birthday Cake Card

November 17, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette cake card

For our last cardstock project in the Successful Beginner Projects series, we’re going to make a birthday card. In this lesson I’ll introduce you to welding, drawing lines, setting line attributes, scoring, cutting by line color and more. We’re going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: action, Align, beginner, cardstock, copy, cut by line, dotted line, draw, fold, line color, line style, score, select, weld, welding

Successful Beginner Projects: #3 Initial Gift Tag

November 7, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

beginner cameo project

In today’s Successful Beginner Project, we’ll learn to add text, draw a simple shape, create an offset and a compound path, use more scale and align features, and cut by fill color. This tag is great for any time, but especially Christmas. By putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Designing, Materials, Projects, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action by fill, Align, beginner, cardstock, christmas, circle, Compound Path, cut by color, cut preview, cut settings, draw, font, group, letter size, lock aspect ratio, material, offset, order, scale, send, tag, Text

Quick Search

Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's new with me.

Connect

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Tuesday quick tip: matching rotated angles
  • Draw something! How to use the Silhouette Studio Drawing tools: Lesson 3 — Draw an Arc
  • Draw something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools: Lesson 2 — Draw a non-regular shape
  • Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line
  • Tuesday quick tip: How to strikethrough text

Recent Comments

  • Cindy Eckhoff on Attention Windows computer users with an older Silhouette machine
  • Benny on Attention Windows computer users with an older Silhouette machine
  • Cindy Eckhoff on Lantern shadow box
  • Randi Hetland on Lantern shadow box
  • Cindy Eckhoff on Silhouette America to discontinue the Curio
Click the image link above and use code 10OFF to get 10% off regular priced items (bundles and promo items not included).

Check out Amazon for lots of great Silhouette products

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

Copyright © 2023 · Smart Silhouette.

Web Design by Hire Jordan Smith